PDX Recycling Vendors

Who to call and when

In 2008, Free Geek recycled 597 tons of material. We could not have done this without our material handlers who pay us to separate the stuff and actually do the recycling. In order to keep Free Geek from being crushed under the weight of our bad or obsolete donations, a fair amount of phone calls, e-mails, and fork-lifting is required...

If there's a question concerning our Oregon State Contract, and Liane can't answer it, (e.g. covered/not covered, authorization for Total Reclaim pickup), contact Carson Maxted at 5o3-5o1-8471. Carson Maxted is our contact at NCER.

Each vendor should be able to provide at least one item from the list on this Page Vendor paperwork

Current Active Vendors

Schnitzer Steel

http://www.schnitzersteel.com/index.asp
CONTACT: dispatch 503-286-6970
CONTACT SALES: Florence Valencia 503-286-6957 or Mark Boguski 503-286-5771 mboguski at schn dot com
3200 Northwest Yeon Avenue Portland 97210
LEAD TIME: 2 business days
WHAT: Steel

Metro Metals

http://www.metrometalsnw.com/
CONTACT: dispatch 503-287-8861
CONTACT SALES: Dave Grill 503-680-7150 (cell)
5611 Northeast Columbia Boulevard Portland, OR 97218
We now are on their weekly calendar for Wednesday am. As soon as we know our estimated shipment we call Dispatch and let them know how many we're shipping and what empties they need to bring. It is ok to leave a message after hours.
LEAD TIME: minimum 1 day, 2 days is better
WHAT: Copper bearing material (CBM), printer scrap, hard drive chassis, cords and wire, non-ferrous metal

Hallmark

http://www.hallmarkrefining.com/
CONTACT: John Senff (main facility in Mt Vernon, WA) / Bill (local collection in Oregon City, OR)
Toll Free: (800) 255-1895 ext 123( for sales related questions only)
Phone: 503-657-9918 (to schedule dropoffs)
Facility: 1016 Dale Lane Mt. Vernon, WA 98273
Delivery: 13929 Fir Street Oregon City 97045
LEAD TIME: 2 days for delivery, 4 days for pick ups
CAPACITY: Whatever we have
WHAT: Processors, hard drive controller cards, circuit boards, RAM

Total Reclaim

http://totalreclaim.com/
BUT our weekly dispatch email goes to janeth at ....
CONTACT: Don Hawkins
OFFICE PHONE: 503-281-1899
CELL PHONE: 503-545-5528
LEAD TIME: 2 business days
Capacity: 30 gaylords &/or stretch-wrapped pallets
WHAT: Monitors, Plastic, TVs, copy machines, scanners, Fluorescent and incandescent light bulbs (Free Geek generated), PCB ballasts
Total Reclaim/EcoLights NW
P.O. Box 30176
Portland, OR 97294

Waste Connections, Inc./Arrow Sanitary

12820 N.E. Marx
Portland, OR 97230
(503) 257-1331 or (503) 288-2500
(800) 285-2601
FAX (503) 257-8699
CONTACT: Sarah M.
WHAT: Trash, cardboard, paper, glass
Recycling get s picked up Friday am.
Trash gets picked up Saturday am.
Extra trash pickups on demand with in 2 days for a fee.

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Wireless Alliance, LLC

http://thewirelessalliance.com/
CONTACT: Andrew Bates Tel. (303) 543-7477 Fax (303) 543-7677
WHAT: cellphones, chargers
5763 Arapahoe Road, Unit G Boulder, CO 80303
HOW: We should be getting boxes with instructions soon, just like RBRC

Environmental Reclamation Services

http://www.ersusa.com/
CONTACT: Cassie Gruber Sales Tim Mooney Shipments
WHAT: Ink and toner
HOW: boxes on a pallet, request shipment over email, ship with UPS Freight

RBRC

(Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation)

http://www.rbrc.org/call2recycle/
CONTACT: Sean (Western Recycling Manager) (949) 429 - 1598
HOW: Boxen come with bags. One battery per bag. If battery is too big for the bag, tape up the end of the terminal.
WHAT: Portable rechargeable batteries, including laptop batteries
WHAT NOT: ups batteries
changes to help with battery flow: We can now use double walled boxes, and fill them with batteries that have their terminals taped by electrical tape. They will be stored on a pallet, and when the pallet reaches at least 1000lb we call Sean for a pick up. RBRC uses Yellow Freight for pick ups. No payment needed if we set up shipment with Sean.
FG site ID number: 71856

Metro Hazardous Waste Site

6161 N.W. 61st Ave., Portland, OR 97210
(503) 223-8133
FAX: (503) 223-8020
http://www.metro-region.org/
CONTACT: Rafael - Mo/Tu/Fr/Sa 503-223-8133 (Supervisor is (Ms.) Rory Greenfield -- greenfieldr at m__ro.dst.or.us)
CAPACITY: bucketloads
WHAT: Batteries sorted by Alkaline, Button, Lithium (not RBRC eligible, not Lead-Acid that go to Batteries NW)
HOW: The rules for dropping off batteries at the Metro Hazardous Waste site have changed:

We now need to fill out an inventory sheet (located inside the Metro folder in Liane's file cabinet), call Metro and make an appointment, fax the inventory sheet to them; they'll send us a cost estimate, and then we can actually go and drop them off. The fees have to be paid at that time. Please give them 5 work days turnaround time to schedule an appointment.

Inactive Vendors

ReCellular

http://www.recellular.com
CONTACT: Andy Hood (800-426-1496)
WHAT: Cell phones, cell phone batteries, cell phone chargers.
WHAT NOT: Cordless phones, other phones, non-cell batteries or chargers.
New Shipping Instructions:

Shipping Instructions

Batteries NW

2725 Portland Rd NE Salem,OR 97301
CONTACT: Tony (Sales Rep) (503)932-7579
CAPACITY: minimum is now only 5 milk crates of batteries
WHAT: UPS batteries
WHAT NOT: other batteries
To schedule a pick up call Tony and let him know approximate number of batteries.

IMS Recycling

http://www.ims-electronics.com/washington
CONTACT: Claire C (360) 750-8883 clairec(at)ims-electronics(dot)com
WHAT: non-CED laptops, non-CED LCDs
HOW: We call to set up an appointment, and deliver to them, or have them pick up for a fee

Calbag

http://www.calbag.com
(503) 226-3441
(800) 398-3441
CONTACT: Doug
WHAT: nothing at this time

Denton Plastics

http://www.denplas.com/home.htm
(503) 257-9945
CONTACT: ask for Bob
WHAT: nothing at this time

Technology Conservation Group (TCG)

(503) 735-1102
http://www.tcgrecycling.com/home.htm
CONTACT: Kristoffer McGill
LEAD TIME: 1 business day
CAPACITY: 8 gaylords (minimum 6 required to send service truck)
WHAT: nothing at this time